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  • CG Opens Fourth Office in UK

    17 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Avantha Group Company CG, one of the world’s leading engineering companies, has opened its fourth office in the UK, at Stafford, complementing its existing offices in Hazel Grove-Stockport, Jarrow-Tyne and Wear and Inchinnan-Renfrewshire. The new office will support CG’s growing client base in the UK, which includes power utilities, renewables, rail and industry customers such […]

  • HIE Appoints Area Manager for Orkney

    11 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Orkney’s Head of Operations at Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has been appointed as the agency’s new Area Manager for the islands, and is taking up the role in the new year. Graeme Harrison came to the islands in 1984, while he was working for the Royal Bank of Scotland. He has been with HIE […]

  • GL Certifies CG’s Distribution Transformers

    28 November 2013

    Avantha Group Company, CG was awarded the certification from Germanischer Lloyd Renewables Certification (GL RC), for its liquid immersed SLIM® and Bio-SLIM® distribution transformers. The testing for adherence to certification norms was carried out according to GL’s Guidelines for the Certification of Offshore Wind Turbines, Edition 2012. The transformers are hermetically sealed with bio-degradable fluid […]

  • France: Port of Saint-Brieuc Le Légué to Support OWF Construction

    25 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    General Council of Côtes-d’Armor (Conseil général des Côtes-d’Armor) has issued a call for bids for quay construction works for Departmental Port of Saint-Brieuc Le Légué. The Council states that this development is essential to position the Légué port as a service port in the context of the completion of the offshore wind farm in the […]

  • VIDEO: Belgian Offshore Wind Industry

    22 November 2013

    Belgian offshore wind industry is gaining momentum, especially after OWI-Lab invested in new wind turbine test facility and Alstom completed the installation of its new-generation offshore wind turbine. In September, the Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm, the largest wind farm in the Belgian North Sea was officially opened. Also, the construction of the Northwind offshore […]

  • ExxonMobil’s Mobilgear SHC™ XMP 320 Protects 300 Wind Turbines

    19 November 2013

    ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants announced that more than 300 new wind turbines are now protected by the high performance gear oil, Mobilgear SHC™ XMP 320. Four North Sea offshore wind farms have recently expanded their arsenal of wind turbines all of which are run using the Mobil-branded gear oil. This latest milestone is an example […]

  • Narec Launches Validation Service for Floating LiDAR

    14 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec, has launched a new service allowing LiDAR manufacturers and project developers the ability to compare and trial new techniques and technologies against traditional wind measurement methods to measure the wind resource offshore. The new service will utilise Narec’s high-tech Offshore Anemometry Hub (NOAH), installed three nautical miles offshore, which […]

  • N-Sea to Showcase at EWEA’s Event

    14 November 2013

    N-Sea, a subsea asset integrity manager operating within the international oil and gas, renewable industry and civil contracting communities, will exhibit at EWEA Offshore 2013. N-Sea Group is an integrated subsea infrastructure services provider, offering a wide range of assurance and maintenance services to the oil and gas, renewable, as well as civil contracting communities. […]

  • Fundy Tidal to Attract Investment for Community Projects (Canada)

    7 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Fundy Tidal Inc. announced yesterday that it is set to attract local investment for community projects, as it has successfully completed its Community Economic Development Investment Fund (CEDIF) Offering. “In so doing the company is confirmed as an eligible proponent under the Province of Nova Scotia’s Community Feed-In Tariff (COMFIT) program by establishing itself as […]

  • Study on Ocean Economy Launched (France)

    7 November 2013
    R&D

    Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD ) is conducting a global forward-looking assessment of the ocean economy to 2030, with special emphasis on the development potential of emerging ocean-based activities. Ocean Energy Systems Implementing Agreement (OES) is collaboration with this OECD study, organising a workshop in Paris, in May next year, to explore the […]

  • Labour Calls for Renewable Energy Hub

    7 November 2013
    Training & Education

    The Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Julie Elliott MP, has highlighted Labour’s commitment to support job creation in the fast-growing renewable energy sector, speaking at RenewableUK’s annual conference in Birmingham. Elliott said: “long term sustainable economic growth is built on innovation, green jobs and a low carbon economy”. She emphasised the need for […]

  • Finnish Company to Develop Wave Technology in UK

    24 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Finnish utilities company Fortum has signed an agreement to secure a berth at Wave Hub, the offshore renewable energy test facility in Cornwall. The leasing agreement gives Fortum the opportunity to deploy an array of advanced full scale wave power converters in real sea conditions at one of Wave Hub’s four berths. “This is as […]

  • GMS to Jack-Up to London Stock Exchange

    17 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has announced that it is planning to enter the London Stock Exchange. GMS is one of the world’s largest providers of self-propelled, self-elevating accommodation jack-up barges. These platforms allow them to provide services throughout the total lifecycle of offshore oil, gas and renewable energy activities. These services include oil […]

  • VIDEO: SAL Offshore Deploys Tidal Turbine

    14 February 2014

    SAL Offshore’s main vessel, the DP Class II MV Lone, equipped with Work Class ROV, successfully installed the VOITH Hytide 1000-13 tidal turbine. Coming directly from her previous employment on the Parbuckling Project (Costa Concordia), the MV Lone proceeded to Stavanger in Norway to mobilize an ROV spread and project equipment. The mobilization was completed […]

  • German Offshore Wind to Reach 1.5GW This Year

    13 February 2014

    German wind energy group, Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie, commissioned by the Environment Ministry, has released a report on offshore wind in Germany, said Bloomberg. According to the report, Germany is planning to reach the figure of 1.5GW of installed offshore wind power capacity this year. This will be achieved by new ventures such as Global Tech I […]

  • Trump Loses Offshore Wind Fight

    11 February 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Scottish Court of Session has rejected Trump’s objection to a planned GBP 230 million offshore wind farm. The U.S. billionaire claims that the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeenshire would ruin the view from his golf course at Menie. Lord Doherty said that he was “not persuaded that it could be fairly […]

  • French Floating Wind Project Lags Behind

    6 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    After being announced as imminent on several occasions in 2013, the construction of the floating wind turbine prototype Winflo has still not commenced. For this reason, DCNS and Nass & Wind have decided to reconsider the project. Initially, the developers were planning to deploy a small-scale demonstrator with a 1MW turbine, while the final device […]

  • Denmark Approves Dong Capital Increase

    30 January 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Today, the Danish Parliament’s Finance Committee approved the agreement on capital investment in DONG Energy of approx DKK 13 billion. The investment comes partly from new investors, Goldman Sachs: DKK 8 billion, Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension: DKK 2.2 billion and PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab: DKK 0.8 billion, and partly from existing minority shareholders. The combined investment of the existing […]

  • MMT Changes UK Company Name

    4 September 2014

    Since the merger with MMT a couple of years back, MMT´s UK office has been trading first as MMT NetSurvey and more recently as MMT UK. As of the 1st of September, the official company name has been changed to MMT (UK) Limited. Duncan Mallace who runs the UK office comments upon the name change: […]

  • Science Meets Industry in a Week

    1 September 2014

    NORCOWE’s yearly offshore wind conference Science Meets Industry Bergen will be held next week in cooperation with Bergen Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Last year’s event that was organized with Arena NOW, was attended by around 90 participants. This year’s event will take place at Hotel Grand Terminus in the center of Bergen on the […]

  • Demag Hosts Practical Training for Wind Turbine Industry

    1 September 2014
    Training & Education

    Terex Material Handling offers product solutions tailored to meet the needs of wind turbine maintenance. The Demag hoists and crane systems support maintenance personnel by transporting spare parts and tools to the nacelles and help to minimise installation downtimes. Smooth operation is only possible if the maintenance personnel can safely operate the lifting equipment. International […]

  • Siemens Halts Skerries Project Development

    29 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Siemens halted development of tidal energy 10MW Skerries tidal array two months after UK Government withdrew £10m. The company said in its statement: “Following discussion with our partners we have decided to suspend our work on the Skerries Tidal Array Project in Anglesey, Wales.” Siemens has been developing Skerries project through its Bristol-based subsidiary Marine Current […]

  • Orkney Museum to Host Exhibition on Renewable Energy

    26 August 2014

    Thursday September 4 sees the opening of an exhibition of drawings at the Orkney Museum, Tankerness House, which chart the development of a wind farm in the Moray Firth. ‘Beatrice Works’ by Sue Jane Taylor, follows the creation of a major new development in the offshore renewables sector. The exhibition takes its name from the […]

  • Ecosse’s Route Clearance and Seabed Preparation Spread Available

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Following on from a highly successful boulder clearance and seabed preparation campaign on Westermost Rough, Ecosse Subsea has an available fully mobilised trenching spread. The spread, currently aboard the Havila Jupiter will become available from 24th August 2014 and includes a survey team, ROV, the Scar pre-cut Trenching Plough and Boulder Clearance plough. The spread is […]

  • Application for Triton Knoll’s Onshore Infrastructure Withdrawn

    20 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem has received a withdrawal of an application from Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited, which was submitted in order to get the Authority’s consent to the company’s exercise of compulsory rights of entry on land.  “This means a decision on its application is no longer required and we will not be proceeding with our consultation. […]

  • First Flight Wind Appoints NI Archaeological Consultants

    18 August 2014
    Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    First Flight Wind has appointed Northern Ireland archaeological consultancy Gahan and Long to assess the potential impacts, from an archaeology and cultural heritage perspective, of connecting the offshore wind farm to the Northern Ireland electricity grid network. Their findings will feed into the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) which will be submitted alongside the consent applications […]